#fellpony medias

Spot the difference... 2015 to 2018
Deli had Monday off. Schooled last night. Decided to canter early to fire him up and then I could school him to calm him down. Seemed to work well. We were joined by two others... He seems to have an aversion to grey ponies 🙈. But I just kept him away and he was really good.
Tonight I did the same warm up with canter and then decided to work on our centre line halts. In the tests he would swing his quarters out to the left so i started on the right rein trot to halt alongside the fence to keep him straight. This gave me the opportunity to fine tune the transition without having to worry about keeping him straight. Then I did the same on the left rein. Next I did a few centre lines without halting and when the trot was straight I did my first halt. He swung left... Then I had a 💡 it's because I have too much in my right hand. So the next centre line I concentrated on having a even feel on the contact and it worked! Lovely square halt with no stepping left. Also Amanda thank you so much for suggesting stepping into a stirrup, it's really helped especially with the canter work
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how I feel about having to go back to work today..🤪 I fully believe he makes these faces because he knows I’ll look back days later & laugh😆 thanks Har, for the Tuesday morning pick-me-up💕 #dayswithharryman#majodastables#fellpony

Return to dressage after a 4 month break... pony decided speed was the best hoof forward. Funnily enough the judge didn't agree. 😂 So back into the warm up before the second test and we cantered for about 15 minutes. Improved our scores by 3%. Although I feel a bit sad it seems that my peers have overtaken me whist we've been on our enforced break. Same comments from last year and still no better to crack our left bend issue. I know it's totally me which makes it feel all the more worse. However despite his enthusiasm by the bucket loads I couldn't fault the pony. And I can ride him more rather than be a passenger. So I guess that's a plus... don't laugh at me if we don't qualify for the NPS Dressage Champs. We only have one stab at it and I don't think we'll be up to it 😔
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